Singapore Ups the Pressure on the Opposition

Prominent opposition figure to be charged with criminal breach of trust, unlawful stalking

Singapore authorities, in a series of legal actions, have charged a leading political figure with criminal breach of trust and other infractions, slapped an anti-fake news law on the Singapore Democratic Party, dangled the possibility of disqualification over leaders of the Workers’ Party and jailed the editor of what was the territory’s leading indepen…